With fees about to triple and drop-out rates high, is it still worth taking a course at the distance learning provider?

The Open University (OU) has announced that its fees for full-time students in
England will increase from about £1,675 to £5,000 a year from September next
year. The changes will not affect current undergraduates, provided that they
complete qualifications before 2017, but they will have a big impact on the
affordability of higher education.

The distance learning provider’s fee hike will come as most of the
bricks-and-mortar universities raise their prices from £3,290 a year to
£9,000 a year. Its degrees will still be cheaper, but by a narrower margin,
at about 56 per cent of the cost, up from